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Thursday, April 30, 2020
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Kyle King from Slam Academy leads this free webinar with practical tips for anyone interested in launching a podcast. It will focus on getting professional sounding podcasts with the smallest amount of gear needed! Just a smartphone, and a computer with some free tools is all you’ll need to…
Wednesday, April 29, 2020
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ACF member and Rhode Island composer Elliott Miles McKinley is hosting a weekly series for music creators across the country to connect virtually on Zoom. Follow the link below to sign up, and then Elliott will reply with the secure Zoom link. Elliott shares, “I am a composer, improviser,…
Tuesday, April 28, 2020
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A live recording from Alan Chan‘s 6-piece group’s concert at San Gabriel Mission Playhouse stage last February. Program includes original music from “Shrimp Tale” to “Moon Walk” projects, as well as arrangement of songs in multiple languages! It is scheduled for April 28 at 8pm…
Tuesday, April 28, 2020
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Creative artists and supporters are welcome to join this safe space – for sharing, listening, and connecting. Please RSVP to receive a zoom link.
Tuesday, April 28, 2020
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In response to the unique emotional challenges of this global pandemic, ACF is hosting a weekly, virtual space for creative musicians to check in, listen and be heard, and feel more connected to the national composer community. These sessions will be facilitated by Jen Rives…
Sunday, April 26, 2020
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Gather as a community online and experience the creation of new work! In response to the impacts of COVID-19 on composers and performers, American Composers Orchestra announces Connecting ACO Community, a new initiative to commission short works for solo instrument or voice. Each composer will receive $500 to write the…
Saturday, April 25, 2020
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Violinist Jennifer Koh’s Alone Together is an online commissioning project that brings composers together in support of the many freelancers among them. Twenty-one composers have each agreed to donate a new, 30-second micro-work for solo violin while also recommending a fellow composer to write their own 30-second solo violin…
Saturday, April 25, 2020
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Scott Keever is a composer/guitarist who specializes in fingerpicking and open tunings, with influences from Balkan and Celtic to blues, jazz and classical. He will be hosting online YouTube solo guitar concert. “April 27th is my 50th Birthday! And I was hoping for…
Saturday, April 25, 2020
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The Oakland Interfaith Family of Choirs, under the direction of Terrance Kelly, hosts their Annual Free Spring Concert at the First Congregational Church of Oakland. The program features music by living composers: Everybody Dancin – Judith McAllister Open Your Mouth – Brent Jones Please…
Friday, April 24, 2020
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Slam Academy’s Free Tech Support Happy Hour! Are you an artist that has been forced into the world of working online? Are you a music or art educator that is struggling with your online teaching options? Or are you just curious how all of this stuff is supposed to work?…
Friday, April 24, 2020
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ListN Up is a series of weekly artist-curated playlists. Born from a desire to keep artists sharing and connected during times of isolation, ListN Up offers an intimate sonic portrait of contemporary artists by showcasing the diverse and stylistically varied music that influences their creative practice. This series is…
Thursday, April 23, 2020
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James Patrick from Slam Academy leads this free webinar with advice for how to set up an affordable home composition studio. He’ll cover the topics of: Hardware and software; recommended configurations for a musician or music producer/engineer to operate a functional home studio on a budget; interfaces; microphones; mixers;…
Wednesday, April 22, 2020
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In honor of the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, composer Dorian Wallace wrote “It Is One-Hundred Seconds to Midnight” to raise awareness, inspire action, and raise mutual aid. Collaborating with 16 pianists and 32 dancers from around the globe, the video will premiere on Facebook and YouTube on Earth…
Wednesday, April 22, 2020
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Based on the classic children’s book and Academy Award-nominated film, Paddle to the Sea explores our relationship to the bodies of water that connect our lives. Third Coast Percussion will perform their original soundtrack along with the film, as well as water-inspired works by composers Philip Glass and Jacob…
Wednesday, April 22, 2020
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ACF member and Rhode Island composer Elliott Miles McKinley is hosting a weekly series for music creators across the country to connect virtually on Zoom. Follow the link below to sign up, and then Elliott will reply with the secure Zoom link. Elliott shares, “I am a composer, improviser,…
Tuesday, April 21, 2020
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Feel free to actively engage in wherever the conversation happens to go, or turn your camera off and just listen to the music. This is an opportunity to hear new music, support artists and also meet and connect with the performers as well as others in the “audience.” Bassist and…
Tuesday, April 21, 2020
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In response to the unique emotional challenges of this global pandemic, ACF is hosting a weekly, virtual space for creative musicians to check in, listen and be heard, and feel more connected to the national composer community. These sessions will be facilitated by Jen Rives…
Saturday, April 18, 2020
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‘TV Dinners’ is a live stream concert series Each Saturday in April 8pm Eastern Time streaming on the Bearthoven and Johnstone Fund Facebook Pages April 4 Matt Evans:New Topographics April 11 Karl Larson plays Anthony Vine: Music for an apartment on Coles St.
Saturday, April 18, 2020
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“I would like to invite you again to participate in our project, Alone Together. ARCO Collaborative launched this micro-commissioning project on April 4, 2020. The heart of this project lives in response to the isolation and financial devastation of the Covid-19 pandemic. These 42 “micro-works” for solo violin are less…
Friday, April 17, 2020
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In honor of Black Maternal Health Week, Kashimana have been posting a song a day from my Phantom Cries suite. Tonight is the Finale and we are celebrating the whole week of programming around the Centering of Black Mother’s past, present and future.
Friday, April 17, 2020
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Slam Academy’s Free Tech Support Happy Hour! Are you an artist that has been forced into the world of working online? Are you a music or art educator that is struggling with your online teaching options? Or are you just curious how all of this stuff is supposed to work?…
Friday, April 17, 2020
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ListN Up is a series of weekly artist-curated playlists. Born from a desire to keep artists sharing and connected during times of isolation, ListN Up offers an intimate sonic portrait of contemporary artists by showcasing the diverse and stylistically varied music that influences their creative practice. This series is…
Friday, April 17, 2020
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This full-length video of our 2012 production, Moreechika: Season of Mirage, is available for viewing on Vimeo until 8pm CDT, April 24, 2020: https://vimeo.com/406989561. Running time: 01:26:52. Conception and Choreography: Ananya Chatterjea In collaboration with: Laurie Carlos Composer: Greg Schutte Musicians/Vocalists:…
Thursday, April 16, 2020
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From their home to yours, Transient Canvas presents music and discussion every Thursday featuring works from our repertoire, test-runs of new pieces, workshops with composers, traditional arrangements, and more! Featuring music and discussion, live-streamed from our Facebook Page With Lilit Hartunian, violin Jonathan Bailey Holland, Calibrating…